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UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA 



GUIDE BOOK 

1904-05 



PREPARED FOR THE 



STUDENTS' GUIDE ASSOCIATION 

OF THE 

UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA 



George E. Nitzsche, '98L. 



PHILADELPHIA 
1904 



LiBHAfiY of CONGRESS 

Two OoDles Received 

MAY 17 1904 

CeDyrlarht Entry 



CLASS"^ 



XXe. No, 



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Copyright 1904 

BY 

George E. Nitzsche 



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KEY TO BUILDINGS. 

1. College Hall. 

2. Medical Hall. 

3. Medical Laboratory (old). 

4. University Hospital. 

5. Gibson Wing for Chronic Diseases. 

6. Laundry and Machine Shop. 

7. Nurses' Home. 

8. Maternity Hospital. 
Lodge and Mortuary Chapel. 
Medical Laboratories (new). 
Veterinary Hall and Hospital. 
Biological Hall and Vivarium. 
Free Museum of Science and Art. 
Library. 

Howard Houston Hall (Students' Club). 
Laboratory of Hygiene. 
Mechanical Laboratory. 
Central Light and Heat Plant. 
Law School Building. 
Bennett House. 

Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology. 
John Harrison Laboratory of Chemistry. 
Franklin Field (Stadium and Grand Stands). 
Agnew Memorial Pavilion. 
Wm. Pepper Laboratory of Clinical Medicine. 
Dormitory Houses : 

Phillips Brooks. 
Joseph Leidy. 
Franklin. 
Foerderer. 
McKean. 
Baldwin. 
Class of '87. 
Wilson D. Craig. 
John Baird. 
E. H. Fitler. 
Francis Hopkinson. 
Provost Smith. 
Lippincott. 



Carruth. 
N. Y. Alumni. 
Memorial Tower. 
House P. 
Bodine. 

Robert Morris. 
House S. 
House 21. 

27. Site for Dormitory Extension. 

28. Botanic Gardens. 

29. Dental Hall. 

30. Site for Museum Extension. 

31. Athletic Association Office. 

32. Gymnasium. 

33. Randal Morgan Laboratory of Physics. 

34. Engineering Building. 

35. Site for Wharton School Building. 

36. Alumni Hall. 

37. Temporary Dining Hall. 

38. Fraternity Houses. 

a. Alpha Tau Omega. 

b. Alpha Chi Rho. 

c. Delta Theta Pi. 

d. Delta Kappa Epsilon. 

e. Delta Phi. 

f. Delta Tau Delta. 

g. Delta Upsilon. 

h. Kappa Kappa Gamma (women). 

i. Kappa Sigma. 

j. Phi Gamma Delta. 

k. Phi Delta Theta. 

1. Phi Kappa Psi. 

m. Phi Kappa Sigma. 

n. Phi Sigma Kappa. 

o. Psi Upsilon. 

p. Psi Omega (dental). 

q. Sigma Alpha Epsilon. 

r. Xi Psi Phi. 

s. Zeta Psi. 

t. Beta Phi 

u. Mu Sigma Mu (medical). 



39. Site for Extension of Wistar Museum Build- 
ing. 
Buildings not shown on the plan: 

Astronomical Observatory Buildings — West 
Chester Pike. 

Marine Laboratories — Sea Isle City, N. J. 

Christian Association Settlement Buildings — • 
26th and Lombard Streets. 

College Boathouse — Schuylkill River, Fair- 
mount Park. 

Mask and Wig Club House, 310 Quince Street. 

Delta Psi Club House, 32 S. 22nd Street. 

Alpha Kappa Kappa, Odd Fellows' Temple. 

Note. — This pamphlet was prepared to ac- 
quaint the members of the Students' Guide Associ- 
ation and others in as brief a form as possible, 
with the campus, buildings and resources of the 
University of Pennsylvania; and to assist the stu- 
dents and friends of the University in escorting 
visitors through the institution. It is not intended 
to be exhaustive, but it is hoped that it will prove 
valuable and that its usefulness may be enhanced 
in future editions by such suggestions as may 
occur to those who may have occasion to use it. 

G. E. N. 



DEPARTMENTS AND DATE OF FOUNDING. 

The College-School of Arts (1740). 

Arts and Science (1740). 

Finance and Economy — Wharton School 
(1881). 

Biology (1884). 

Music (1875). 
The Towne Scientific School (1875). 

Architecture (1890). 

Science and Technology (1872). 

Mechanical and Electrical Engineering (1875). 

Civil Engineering (1875). 

Chemistry (1875). 



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Chemical Engineering (1875). 
The Courses for Teachers. 
The Summer School (1904). 
Department of Philosophy (Graduate School) 

(1884). 
Department of Law (1790). 
Department of Medicine (1765). 
^University Hospital (1874). 

Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology (1808). 
Laboratory of Hygiene (1892). 
Department of Dentistry (1878). 
Department of Veterinary Medicine (1884). 
Veterinary Hospital (1884). 
University Library (1740). 
Department of Archaeology (1889). 
Flower Astronomical Observatory (1895). 
Department of Physical Education. 
Training School for Nurses (1886). 

PRINCIPAL OFFICERS. 

Provost— CHARLES C. HARRISON, LL. D., 400 

Chestnut Street. 
Vice-Provost— EDGAR F. SMITH, Ph. D., Sc. D., 

Harrison Laboratory or Chemistry. 

Secretary— REV. JESSE Y. BURK, A. M., S. T. D., 

400 Chestnut Street. 
Assistant Secretary— J. HARTLEY MERRICK, 

A. B., 101 College Hall. 
Treasurer— FRANCIS P. SIBLEY, 400 Chestnut 

Street. 
Bursar— EDWARD W. MUMFORD, Ph.. B., 102 

College Hall. 

DEANS: 

College— JOSIAH H. PENNIMAN, Ph. D. 103 

College Hall. 
Philosophy— WM. ROMAINE NEWBOLD, Ph. 

D., 105 College Hall. 

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Law-^WILLIAM DRAPER LEWIS, B. S., 

LL. B., Ph. D., Law Building. 
Medical— CHARLES H. FRAZIER, M. D., 

Medical Laboratory. 

Dental— EDWARD C. KIRK, D. D. S., Sc. D., 

Dental Hall. 
Veterinary Medicine— LEONARD PEARSON, 

B. S., V. M. D., Thirty-sixth and Spruce 
Streets. 

Librarian—MORRIS JASTROW, Jr., Ph. D., 

Library. 
Hospital Superintendent— MARION E. SMITH, 

Main Hospital Building. 

Director of Pepper Laboratory— ALFRED STEN- 
GEL, M. D. 
Director of Wistar Institute— HORACE JAYNE, 

M. D., Ph. D. 
Director of Harrison Laboratory of Chemistry — 

EDGAR P. SMITH, Ph. D., Sc. D. 
Director of Laboratory of Hygiene — ALEXANDER 

C. ABBOTT, M. D. 

Director of Light and Heat Station— HENRY 
W. SPANGLER, M. S., Mechanical Engi- 
neering Building. 

Director of Botanic Garden— JOHN M, MacFAR- 
LANE, D. Sc, Biological Hall. 

Director of Astronomical Observatory — CHARLES 
L. DOOLITTLE, C. E., Sc. D. 

Director of Summer School— A. H. QUINN, Ph. D., 
College Hall. 

Assistant to Provost— HARRY W. HARRISON, 
A. B., 400 Chestnut Street. 

UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA. 

HISTORICAL.— Founded in 1740 by Benjamin 

Franklin. The first realization of the University 

idea in America. Organized as a University in 

1765 upon the addition of the Medical School — 



though authorized to grant the regular Univer- 
sity degrees as early as 1755. 
First Provost — William Smith. 

LOCATION.— From 1740-1802, Fourth and Arch 
Streets; 1802-1873, Ninth and Chestnut Streets; 
present location in West Philadelphia, 1873. 

EQUIPMENT. — There are 68 buildings connect- 
ed with the University, including 27 dormitories, 
19 buildings devoted to teaching, 2 museums, 9 
hospitals and auxiliary buildings, 1 dining hall, 
1 alumni hall, 1 recreation hall, 3 devoted to 
astronomy, and 5 to athletics; besides these 68 
buildings, there are about twenty Greek Letter 
Fraternities which have Chapter houses of their 
own near the Campus, and the Christian Associa- 
tion has four houses for settlement work. The 
Mask and Wig and other organizations also have 
buildings of their own. 

CAMPUS. — Exclusive of sidewalks and streets, 
the grounds of the University cover an area of 
about sixty acres. It is situated ten minutes from 
the City Hall of Philadelphia — the center of a 
population of over a million and a half. No other 
educational institution of equal size is located 
so near the heart of a great city. The grounds 
extend from 32d Street to 39th, and from Chestnut 
Street to South Street. The grounds and build- 
ings are open to visitors daily, except Sunday, 
from sunrise to sunset. The University also owns 
one hundred acres of ground on the West Chester 
Pike, two miles from 63d and Market Streets. 
On this tract are located the buildings of the 
Astronomical Observatory; these are open to vis- 
itors on Thursday evenings. 

STUDENT GUIDES.— The Association of Stu- 
dent Guides was organized in the autumn of 1903, 
for the purpose of familiarizing strangers with 



the University by escorting them over the Campus 
and through the various buildings. The society 
has a limited membership of 75 students, 50 of 
whom are active members, and 25 auxiliary. 

Upon application at the office of Houston Hall, 
or at the office of any of the Ibeyartments (from 
10 A. M. to 4 P. M.) one of its members may be 
secured who will place himself at the disposal of 
such applicant free of charge. Those contemplat- 
ing a visit to the University can make arrange- 
ments for having large or small parties conducted 
through the institution by communicating with 
Dr. Josiah H. Penniman, the permanent Secretary, 
College Hall; or with one of the following offi- 
cers: 

P. Samuel Stout, President, 5th and Glen- 
wood Avenue. 

F. H. Klaer, 1st Vice-President, Dorms. 
U. of P. 

M. J. Quintero, 2d Vice-President, Dorms. 
U. of P. 

C. H. Dading, Secretary, 3902 Baltimore 

Avenue. 

D. E. Jenkins, Treas., 214 S. 37th Street. 

E. S. Simkins, Historian, Lansdowne, Pa, 
The officers elected for 1904-5 are: 

B. L. Salomon, President, 3741 Lancaster 

Avenue. 
M. W. Llppir, Vice-President, Dorms., 143 

Lippincott. 
D. E. Jenkins, Treasurer, 214 S. 37th St. 

C. H. Dading, Secretary, 3902 Baltimore 

Avenue. 
J. G. Nields, Historian, West Chester, Pa. 

SUGGESTED ITINERARY. 

1, Houston Hall; 2, College Hall; 3, Library; 
4, Law Building; 5, Bennett Hall, Phi Delta Theta, 
Delta Phi, Psi Upsilon, and other Fraternity 



houses along Woodland Avenue; 6, Medical Hall; 
7, Old Medical Laboratories; 8, Wistar Institute; 
9, Dining Hall; 10, through gate of '73 C to Ham- 
ilton Walk; 11, New Medical Laboratories; 12, 
Hamilton Walk again to Biological Hall, Green 
Houses and Vivarium; 13, Botanic Gardens; 14, 
through gate • showing site for new Veterinary 
Hall; 15, then along Woodland Avenue to Me- 
morial Tower; 16, ''The Triangle"; 17, ''Little 
Quad"; 18, a Dormitory room; 19, the ''Big 
Quad," or Old Athletic Field and site for Dor- 
mitory Extension, Chapel and Dining Hall; 20, 
thence down Spruce Street along the Hospitals 
to 34th Street; 21, Old Mechanical Engineering 
Building and Light, Heat and Power Station; 22, 
Harrison Chemical Laboratory; 23, Laboratory of 
Hj^giene, Randal Morgan Laboratory of Physics; 
24, Dental Hall; 25, New Mechanical Engineering 
Building; 26, New Gymnasium; 27, Franklin 
Field; 28, Museum of Science and Art. 

HOWARD HOUSTON HALL, the students' club 
house of the University, was dedicated in 1895 
in memory of Henry Howard Houston, Jr., by 
his parents, H. H. and S. S. Houston; size, 150x78 
feet; cost, $150,000; planned and designed by 
two graduates (not then of age) of the Depart- 
ment of Architecture of the University, William 
C. Hayes and H. B. Medary, Jr., in a competition, 
the first and second prizes being awarded to them 
respectively. The building is a combination of 
the two designs, the exterior of the second prize 
being used unchanged. In the business details 
of the work they were assisted by Frank Miles 
Day. The style of architecture is Elizabethan; 
the material. North Conshohocken and Indiana 
limestone. The building is three stories high 
and is one of the most spacious and best fur- 
nished club houses in Philadelphia. The interior 
finish is of quartered oak, in dark brown and green 
shades. Supporting the roof of the auditorium 

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on the second floor are trusses of elaborate de- 
sign, adapted from those in the Great Hall at 
Eltham Palace, Kent. The device used in a dec- 
orative way so frequently is an interweaving of 
Howard Houston's initials with the Early Chris- 
tian symbol of ''The Lamb of God.'* 

In the basement is a swimming pool, hot and 
cold shower and needle baths, several private 
bath rooms, a gymnasium, lockers, book and sta- 
tionery room, barbershop, bowling alleys, ping- 
pong tables, etc. The baths, including the swim- 
ming pool, are lined with white Italian marble; 
at one end of the pool are two solid bronze lion 
heads (modeled after an antique found at Assos, 
in Greece) from which fan-shaped jets of water 
play. 

On the main floor is a spacious lounging or 
general reception room. In this room is a memo- 
rial tablet, and an excellent portrait of Howard 
Houston, by Cecelia Beaux — the gift of Mr. 
Houston's classmates. In the east wing are writ- 
ing rooms and a library reading room, in which 
are kept all current magazines and newspapers; 
the west wing is fltted up with billiard and pool 
tables and tables for chess, checkers, etc. The 
offices of the club, the cloak room and the Uni- 
versity Branch of the United States Post-office 
are located on either side of the Spruce Street 
entrance. On the two stone corbels which sup- 
port the hood over the North entrance door are 
carved the heads of Dante and Virgil. 

On the second floor is a restaurant, an audi- 
torium with a grand organ, and a suite of three 
"Trophy Rooms." In the latter are displayed 
many prizes won in athletic competition, with 
tablets giving the names and records of the more 
distinguished athletes; here also is the memorial 
tablet to Osgood, the all-around athlete, who died 
in the Cuban War. 

On the third floor are the offices of ''Old Penn" 
and the "Pennsylvanian," a dark room for ama- 

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teur photographers, guest chambers and several 
society rooms in which the various medical, dental 
and other student societies hold their monthly 
meetings. 

Among other interesting objects adorning the 
walls is the portrait of Mr. H. H. Houston, the 
donor of the building; the portrait of Provost Har- 
rison, painted by Paul M. Thomas; the Scott 
Memorial Tablet; the Class of '99 C Memorial 
Clock, old diplomas, etc.; the valuable collection 
of framed photographs, representing the various 
schools of Renaissance painting, was selected and 
arranged by Mr. Frank Miles Day; while the fur- 
niture, rugs, casts, etc., were selected by the 
Provost, Mrs. Harrison and the architects. 

The Club has a membership of almost 2000 and 
is self-supporting. The Hall is the scene of many 
social functions, dances, receptions, dinners, etc., 
during the college season. The building is open 
to visitors daily. The University Sunday Services 
in the Auditorium at 11 A. M. are also open to 
the public. 

DORMITORIES. — The grounds are entered 
through the Memorial Tower Archway. This 
tower is a memorial to the Pennsylvania students 
and Alumni engaged in the Spanish War. This 
building was opened in 1901, as were the others 
to the east of it; those to the west date from 
1896. The buildings are in a late Tudor Gothic 
style, and with their wide enclosures strongly 
suggest the Oxford and Cambridge Colleges. 
Cope and Stewartson were the architects. When 
the system is complete the ' buildings will sur- 
round three courts, viz., the ''Big Quad," (now 
usually called the ''old athletic field"), the "Tri- 
angle," and the "Little Quad." There are twenty- 
one separate houses, and accommodations for 588 
men. The houses are named for the donors or 
for distinguished alumni — see list in key to plan. 
All rooms and halls are heated by steam and 

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lighted by electricity. The buildings are on the 
''separate staircase" system, all doors opening 
into the courts. On every staircase, and on each 
floor, are lavatories, with hot and cold shower 
baths. Almost all the suits and double rooms, 
and many of the single rooms, have open fire- 
places. The University supplies for each student, 
bedstead, mattress, bureau, washstand, table, 
bookcase, chairs and toilet china. There are 
five kinds of rooms, viz.: single, single suite, 
double, double suite, and triple suite. The mini- 
mum cost of a room in the Dormitories is $50.00 
per year. 

Points of interest to visitors are: Class of '92 
Memorial Fountain (east arcade) ; class of '94 
Memorial Gate (at entrance) ; Class of '98 Me- 
morial Clock (over west arcade) ; the Terrace 
("east of Bodine and Morris) ; site of proposed 
Dining Hall (south of Morris) ; the rich carvings 
over doors, etc., especially the grotesque "bosses" 
of the string course between tlie second and third 
floors; the bath arrangements and the system 
of student self-government — see board with name 
of representatives in the hallway of each house. 

DINING HALL. — This is a temporary structure 
at the southwest corner of 36th and Spruce Sts. 
It has a seating capacity of 300. Board costs 
$3.50 per week. On the present site will be 
erected the chapel or University auditorium and 
the Dining Hall will be erected at the other corner 
of the ''Old Field," facing Hamilton Walk. Both 
will form a part of the Dormitory system. 

THE COLLEGE.— Founded 1740— third oldest 
in America. There are 1258 students in the 
Academic Department and 128 officers of instruc- 
tion. The buildings connected with the College 
Department are: College Hall, the Library, Har- 
rison Chemical Laboratory, Morgan Laboratory of 
Physics, Biological Hall and Green Houses, the 

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Vivarium, Marine Laboratory, Mechanical Engi- 
neering Building (old), containing also the Light, 
Heat and Power Station, the new Mechani- 
cal and Electrical Engineering Laboratory, and 
the Astronomical Observatory. Plans are also 
under consideration for the construction of a 
building for the Wharton School of Finance and 
Economy, and a new hall of Architecture. 

COLLEGE HALL.— Third home of College De- 
partment; first, was at Fourth and Arch Streets; 
second, at Ninth and Chestnut Streets (where 
Post-office now stands). This building was de- 
signed by the late Thomas Richards and erected 
in 1871; size 256x136 feet, material, serpentine 
(green) rock. It contains class and lecture rooms 
for such general work as English, Mathematics, 
History, Languages, etc., and also houses, for the • 
present, schools of Finance and Economy, Civil 
Engineering and Architecture. The laboratories 
of Geology and Psychology are in the basement. 
The General University offices and the office of 
the Dean of the College are to the right and left 
of the entrance on the first floor; Museum of 
Geology, first floor centre; Civil Engineering De- 
partment, first floor east; Chapel (with oil por- 
traits of former Provosts, memorial tablets, win- 
dows, etc.), second floor, centre; school of Archi- 
tecture, third floor, east; rooms of the Philoma- 
thean and Zelosophic Societies, fourth floor, cen- 
tre. The ''ivy tablets" on the front of the build- 
ing are interesting. Each class at Commencement 
plants an ivy and erects a tablet; most of these 
are here, though others will be found on Houston 
Hall, at the Library and at the Dormitories. 

On the Campus in front of College Hall is a 
young elm, which is a scion of the "Penn Treaty 
Elm." 

THE LIBRARY.— Founded 1749; building at 
34th and Locust Streets, dedicated February 7, 
1891; estimated cost, $200,000; material, brick, 

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red sandstone and terra cotta; architects, Fur- 
ness, Evans & Company. The building is in two 
sections. The main part has a tower 95 feet 
high, and is amphitheatrical in form, 140x80 feet. 
A glass-covered stack, which is fire-proof, is 32x110 
feet and forms the other half of the main build- 
ing. The height of the main reading room is 
60 feet. The inscriptions on the windows were 
selected by Horace Howard Furness. Total num- 
ber of books (1903) 223,748 volumes and upwards 
of 50,000 unbound pamphlets. 

Special features: Collections — Henry Carey Li- 
brary of English Pamphlets on Economics, Fi- 
nance, etc.; Francis C. Macauley Library on 
Dante, Petrarch and Tasso; Fairman Rogers Li- 
brary on horses and equitation; Brinton Collection 
on American Languages and Archaeology; Cald- 
well Library on Finance and Political Economy; 
Seybert Library on Spiritualism; Bechstein Li- 
brary on Germanic Philology; Leutsch Library 
on Classical Philology and Literature; Tower's 
Russian Library; McCartee's Japanese and Chi- 
nese Library, etc., and other special collections; 
also collection of Franklin papers; portrait of 
William Wordsworth painted by Henry Inman; 
portrait of Franklin, by Gainsborough; and nume- 
rous other paintings; glass cases containing pam- 
phlets, programs, etc., bearing on the history of 
the University; collection of Oriental manuscripts, 
etc. In hall: Cornerstone of the former Univer- 
sity buildings, 9th and Chestnut Streets, originally 
built for the accommodation of the Presidents of 
the United States. Reading room on ground floor 
with desks and tables to accommodate several 
hundred readers; upper floors set aside for lec- 
ture room and seminar libraries of the Graduate 
Department. 

The Library is open from 8 A. M. to 10 P. M. 



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JOHN HARRISON LABORATORY OF CHEM- 
ISTRY, located at 34th and Spruce Streets; dedi- 
cated 1894; size 170x106 feet; gift of C. C. Harri- 
son, A. C. Harrison and W. W. Harrison. The 
laboratory was named for their grandfather, John 
Harrison, the pioneer chemical manufacturer of 
America. The building was designed by Cope 
and Stewardson. The architecture follows the 
brick architectural style of Italy. The building 
is one of the finest and best equipped chemical 
laboratories in America. It is three stories high. 
On the first floor is a large laboratory for general 
chemistry, and iron laboratory, assay room, room 
for heating under pressure, assay balance room, 
laboratory for gas analysis, laboratory for tech- 
nical chemistry, the offices of the department, 
storage rooms, etc. There is also a large amphi- 
theatre seating 600 persons. On the second floor 
are two large quantitative laboratories, hydrogen 
sulphide rooms, a dark room, a spectroscope room, 
electrolysis laboratories and reading rooms, lec- 
ture rooms, a museum and private research rooms. 
On the third floor is an organic laboratory, a 
combustion room, and several private research 
laboratories. 



THE RANDAL MORGAN LABORATORY OF 
PHYSICS. — Remodeled for the Department of 
Physics in 1900. Building and endowment, 
$250,000— gift of Randal Morgan. Situated on 
34th Street below Walnut Street. Building 60x80 
feet, three stories and a basement; it is built 
of red brick, and was designed by Cope and Stew- 
ardson. The Laboratory is equipped with sev- 
enty-five thousand dollars' worth of physical ap- 
paratus, including several valuable pieces for 
work of research in radiation and heat. A shop 
and tool-room, fitted with all the latest devices, 
is located in the basement, east side, while the 
west side is occupied by an air liquifier. On 



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the first floor are the practical laboratories; on 
the second, the lecture and class rooms; and on 
the third, eight or nine rooms for special re^ 
search. The cabinet for lecture and illustration 
is particularly well equipped. 



BIOLOGICAL HALL, on Hamilton Walk, be- 
hind the University Dormitories, surrounded by 
Botanic Gardens. The building, which is beau- 
tifully overgrown with ivy, is 80x45 feet, erected 
in 1884, and consists of three floors and a base- 
ment. It contains class rooms, herbarium room 
with 39,000 sheets of plants; museum, containing 
Pennock-Wheatly collection of shells, the Leidy 
collection of parasites, and the celebrated Hyrtl- 
Cope osteological collection; Botanical Library 
room with about 3,000 volumes; Stille Library, 
Bartram Memorial Library, and the Zoological 
Library of about 4,000 volumes. 



BOTANIC GARDEN, established in 1894, has 
eleven green houses containing 1,350 species and 
varieties of plants, also a physiological plant 
laboratory. The surrounding grounds cover four 
acres, and contain about 1,600 species of plants. 

The beautiful lily and lotus ponds and the wind- 
ing paths are among the most attractive features 
of the University Campus. 

The gardens and buildings are open to visitors 
from sunrise to sunset. 



THE VIVARIUM, established in 1898, is located 
along Hamilton Walk, west of Biological Hall. It 
has fresh and salt water aquaria containing a 
great variety of marine and fresh water animals; 
live houses for land animals, and experimental 
rooms. This was the first vivarium ever con- 
nected with any educational institution. 

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HAMILTON WALK.— This is one of the most 
beautiful stretches on the University Campus, 
occupying the former site of Pine Street, from 
34th Street to 38th; along the north side are the 
Dormitories and the "Old Athletic Field"; on 
the south the new Medical Laboratories, Biologi- 
cal Hall, the Vivarium, and the Botanic Gardens; 
at the 38th Street entrance is the Class of 1873 
Memorial Gate; along both sides of Hamilton 
Walk are growing shade trees, of many rare vari- 
eties, planted for prominent Pennsylvanians, each 
tree marked by a bronze tablet inscribed with 
the name of the one to whom it is dedicated. 



MARINE LABORATORY AT SEA ISLE CITY, 

N. J., founded 1891. Plant consists of five acres 
and the laboratory building at Sea Isle City, 
N. J., on Ladlam Bay — the gift of Charles K. 
Landis. The laboratory was designed for the 
study of living forms and is open during the 
summer months. It is under the direction of the 
faculty of the Biological Department of the Uni- 
versity. The laboratory is two stories high and 
is equipped with 25 aquaria and moving sea 
water, sail and row boats, docks, barge, nets and 
seines. It accommodates 16 investigators and 
20 students. 



WOODS HOLE, MASS., MARINE BIOLOGICAL 
LABORATORY. — The University maintains a 
table here. 



NEW ENGINEERING BUILDING.— Located at 

33d and Locust Streets. It faces south and is 
parallel with Dental Hall; ground broken August 
12, 1903. It has a frontage of 300 feet and a 
depth of 160 feet, besides a large wing 50 feet 
square extending from the rear. Cost, $750,000. 
The building was designed by Cope and Steward- 



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son. It is fireproof throughout, while the equip- 
ment will be of the most modern and approved 
type. The exterior is of dark brick with lime- 
stone trimmings, while the general architectural 
treatment is in accord with that of the more 
recently constructed University buildings. There 
are three stories, with a basement covering a 
third of the entire area. There will be a total 
floor area of 128,000 square feet. It is the largest 
on the Campus and will be the best equipped 
building of its kind in the world. The heating 
will be by direct steam, the ventilation by elec- 
tricaly driven fans, and the lighting by electricity. 
There are two principal entrances leading to the 
main hallway, which extends east and west the 
entire length of the building to staircases at both 
extremities. Two large light-wells terminating 
in skylights over the main floor. The basement 
will contain locker-rooms, lavatories, machinery 
for heating and ventilating, storage battery rooms, 
laboratories for geodetic and hydraulic work, and 
for the testing of the materials of construction. 
On the first floor, adjacent to the main entrance, 
are the offices of tlie heads of departments. Ac- 
commodation is also provided for physical and 
hydraulic testing, instrument testing and for spe- 
cial work in mechanical and electrical engineer- 
ing. Rooms are likewise set aside for dynamos 
and electric motors, steam and gas engines, 
refrigerating apparatus, hydraulic motors, boiler 
testing, pattern making, wood and iron working, 
foundry and machine shops, etc. On the second 
floor is a reference library and reading room, a 
students' assembly room, rooms for use of in- 
structors and for lectures and recitations. The 
rear portion of this floor is devoted almost wholly 
to drawing rooms. A room for the use of the 
engineering societies, a general supply store and 
the library stack occupy the middle portion. In 
the east and west wings ample space is assigned 
to the engineering museums, while the rear of 

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this floor is set aside exclusively for additional 
drawing-rooms, which, like those just beneath, 
will have the full advantage of a north light. 

THE MECHANICAL ENGINEERING DE- 
PARTMENT was established about 1874, and 
work in Electrical Engineering about 1891. These 
occupied rooms in College Hall prior to the con- 
struction of the present buildings. 

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING LABORATORY 

(Old), located at the southeast corner of 34th and 
Spruce Streets, was dedicated on May 26, 1893; 
it is constructed of dark red brick with brown 
stone trimmings, and is 109 by 49 feet; architects, 
Wilson Bros. The laboratory adjoins the Light, 
Heat and Power Station of the University, a thir- 
teen-foot wide shed connecting the two buildings. 
In this shed are the iron-working shops. On the 
first floor of the laboratory building are the en- 
gine and dynamo rooms, and steam laboratory; 
on the second floor are the oflfices and class 
rooms of the department, the engineering library 
and mechanical laboratory; on the third floor 
are instrument, drawing and class rooms and an 
electrical laboratory. The department has 12,000 
square feet of floor space in this building for 
technical work. 



LIGHT, HEAT AND POWER PLANT.— This 

building adjoins the old Mechanical Laboratory 
and was dedicated at the same time. It is 56 
by 200 feet, with a 14-foot driveway on the 34th 
Street side, under which are the coal bins. The 
building contains eight boilers, ot 1,900 horse- 
power; and four engines, of 425 horse-power. 
This plant' supplies light and heat to all Univer- 
sity buildings except the Museum, Wistar Insti< 
tute, and the new Gymnasium. It furnishes power 

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to about 12,000 incandescent lights of 16 c. p., 
and heats an air space of 12,000,000 cubic feet. 
During the winter months the plant consumes 
as much as seventy tons of coal a day, more than 
10,000 tons being used annually. 

FULK AND LONG BUILDING.— East side of 
34th Street, between Morgan Laboratory of 
Physics and Bennett Hall. This building is tem- 
porarily occupied by the Mechanical Engineer- 
ing Department. It is constructed of red brick 
and was designed by Cope and Stewardson. It is 
67 by 45 feet, with a wing 49 by 23 feet, con- 
taining in all 12,000 square feet. The first floor 
is used as a wood-w^orking shop and foundry; the 
second floor, for drawing; and the third floor, for 
an electrical engineering laboratory. 

THE FLOWER ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVA- 
TORY, situated on the "Flower Farm," on the 
West Chester Pike, two miles from 63d and Mar- 
ket Streets. The tract consists of 100 acres — the 
gift of R. W. Flower. The Observatory buildings 
were designed by Edgar V. Seeler, and con- 
structed in 1895. There are three buildings, the 
equatorial building of brick; the meridian build- 
ing of wood; and the residence of the director and 
the Astronomical Library. Among the principal 
instruments are an Equatorial Telescope of 18-inch 
aperture, Meridian Circle, Transit Instruments, 
Reflex Zenith, Chronometers, Chronograph, etc., 
The cost of building and equipment was over 
$50,000. 

The Observatory is open to visitors every 
Thursday evening throughout the year, except 
during the vacation, from 7 to 10 P. M. 

WHARTON SCHOOL BUILDING (contem- 
plated). The Wharton School of Finance and 
Economy was founded by Joseph Wharton, who 

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endowed it in 1883. Its present home is in Col- 
lege Hall. Beginning with the Fall of 1904, the 
school will occupy temporary quarters in Medical 
Hall. The future home of the scnool will be in 
a building to be erected on a lot on Woodland 
Avenue opposite the Wistar Institute, and running 
through to Locust Street. Mr. Wharton's gifts 
to the school thus far amount to a total of 
$530,000. The new building about to be erected 
will have a frontage of 150 feet on Woodland 
Avenue, and about 250 feet on Locust Street, its 
depth being about 302 feet. The building will 
also be the gift of Mr. Wharton and Will cost, 
with its equipments, about $250,000. Cope and 
Stewardson have prepared the plans; the archi- 
tecture will be similar to that of the other re- 
cently erected buildings. 

ARCHITECTURAL BUILDING (contemplated). 
— Plans are under way for the construction and 
equipment of a building for the school of archi- 
tecture to cost about $500,000. The school was 
established in 1890 and has occupied the fourth 
floor of College Hall ever since. The site for the 
new building has not yet been selected. 

MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.— Founded 1765. 
First class to receive Medical Degree in America 
was graduated in 1768. Oil portrait of John Archer, 
M. B., first member of this class hangs in hallway 
at head of second flight of stairs in Medical Hall. 
The buildings connected with the Department are 
Medical Hall. The buildings connected with the 
Department are Medical Hall, Medical Laboratory, 
Wistar Institute of Anatomy, Laboratory of Hy- 
giene, the new Medical Laboratories and the 
Hospital System, in which are included the main 
building, Agnew Pavilion, Gibson Wing, the Ma- 
ternity, the Pepper Clinical Laboratory and the 
Mortuary and Chapel. There is a teaching staff of 
122 and 472 students. 

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MEDICAL HALL.— East side of 36th Street, be- 
tween Woodland Avenue and Spruce Street. The 
building was designed by the late Thomas Rich- 
ards and constructed of green serpentine stone, 
in 1874. It is 160x89 feet and houses the Depart- 
ment of Anatomy, including applied Anatomy, 
Histology and Embryology, and Osteology. In the 
building are four large amphitheatres and three 
demonstration rooms. In the amphitheatre and 
class rooms are portraits in oil of many of the 
more prominent of the deceased Professors, such 
as Priestly, Physick, Morgan, Wood, Pepper, 
Stille, Smith, Barton and Leidy. A large part of 
this building will be vacated upon the removal of 
several of the Departments to the new laboratory 
building. The parts thus vacated will be occupied 
temporarily by the Wharton School of Finance 
and Economy. 



MEDICAL LABORATORY.— (Old) Northeast 
corner of 36th and Spruce Streets. Built, 1874, of 
green serpentine stone, 148x46 feet; Architect — 
the late Thomas Richards. First three floors oc- 
cupied by the Department of Medical Chemistry; 
on the fourth floor is the dissection room. This 
building was originally occupied by the Dental 
Department. 

THE NEW LABORATORY OF PATHOLOGY, 
PHYSIOLOGY, AND PHARMACOLOGY, to be 

dedicated June 10, 1904. This is one of the most 
imposing buildings of the University. It faces the 
south side of Hamilton Walk, west of 36th Street, 
occupying the site where stood the old buildings 
of the Veterinary Department and Hospitals. The 
structure is fireproof throughout, the exterior be- 
ing of hard burnt brick and buff Indiana lime 
stone, and the interior finished in white Italian 
marble. The building has a frontage of 337 feet 
along Hamilton Walk, and a depth of 192 feet; 



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it is two stories above a high basement; and cost 
almost $700,000. It is quadrangular in shape and 
constructed around a courtyard so as to give all 
the large laboratories and research rooms a north 
light. The building is the largest and best 
equipped of its kind in America. The architec- 
ture is *'Pennsylvanian" and is in harmony with 
that of the dormitories and other recently erected 
buildings designed by Cope and Stewardson. 

Adjacent to the main entrance are the admin- 
istration offices of the Medical Department. 

There are two large amphitheatres in the rear 
of the building with a seating capacity of 400 
each, and two large demonstration rooms, seating 
185 each. The Department of Physiology and 
Pharmacodynamics will occupy the first floor and 
basement; while the second floor will be devoted 
exclusively to pathology with temporary accom- 
modations for a number of professors of other 
departments, until the completion of future build- 
ing operations looking towards the transfer of the 
entire medical school to buildings adjacent to this 
one. Among the principal rooms are those to be 
devoted to physical diagnosis, bandaging, re- 
search and sub-section teaching in physiology in 
the basement. On the first floor are numerous 
rooms equipped for aseptic operations on lower 
animals; numerous small rooms for research 
work, professors and assistants, rooms for sub- 
section teaching, in digestion, circulation, respira- 
tion, calormetry, nerve muscle, special senses, 
etc., and photographic dark room, repair and 
storage rooms, etc. On this floor are two large 
laboratories for practical pharmocodynamics and 
practical pharmacy, respectively; a museum, a 
library and rooms for assistants and research. 
The chief purpose of the second floor is for lab- 
oratory instruction in pathology. Most of the 
north front of the building is devoted to labora- 
tories for advanced students in experimental path- 
ology and pathological bacteriology and the special 



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research and assistants' rooms. The east wing 
accommodates the laboratory of advanced patho- 
logical histology and a seminar and journal room; 
the west wing is occupied by the pathological 
museum, the Gross morbid anatomy demonstra- 
tion room, a room for museum preparation, pho- 
tographic rooms and rooms for animal operations. 
The front of the laboratory of pathological his- 
tology consists almost entirely of glass and is 
located so as to face a spacious court to the 
north, thus insuring excellent and uniform light 
and admirably adapting it for microscopic work 
carried on by a large class. In a similar section 
of the building, east of the central hall, with 
similar front arrangements to insure light for 
microscopic work, are located two smaller labora- 
tories for the teaching of surgical pathology, 
neuro-pathology and clinical pathological t<9chnol- 
ogy; the private rooms for the instructors of 
these branches open upon these larger labora- 
tories. 



LABORATORY OF HYGIENE, 34th and Locust 
Streets; dedicated February 22, 1892; new wing 
added in 1899; also small detached animal house. 
The main building has a frontage on 34th Street 
of 121 feet, and a depth, with the wing, of 112 
feet. Material, red brick and brownstone trim- 
ming, laid in red mortar. Architects, Collins and 
Autenrieth. On the main floor is a lecture hall 
and amphitheatre for classes in practical hygi- 
ene, museum, drafting room, etc.; second floor, 
class rooms for special graduate and undergrad- 
uate students in bacteriology; bacteriological 
laboratory, director's rooms, photographic room, 
and the department library of 850 volumes. The 
building is the gift of Henry C. Lea, and equip- 
ment of the late Henry C. Gibson, 



THE WISTAR INSTITUTE OF ANATOMY.— 

Building occupies triangular plot of land owned 
by the institute and bounded by Woodland Ave- 
nue, Spruce Street and Thirty-sixth Street. The 
institution is a corporation founded in 1892 for 
exhibition and extension of the Wistar and Hor- 
ner Museums, begun in 1808, and for research 
work in Anatomy. Building dedicated May 21, 
1894, cost about $250,000 . (endowment $1,000,000 
additional). Material, buff brick and light terra 
cotta. Construction entirely fireproof. Com- 
pleted section consists of a main building 223x66 
feet and a wing 46x72 feet, each four stories high. 
Architects, George W. & W. D. Hewitt. Points of 
interest: The collections of anatomical and nat- 
ural history specimens, and their methods of dis- 
play in steel cases, portraits, etc. The labora- 
tories, library and shops may be seen on appli- 
cation at the oflice. The building and endow- 
ment are the gifts of General Isaac J. Wistar, 
a descendant of Dr. Casper Wistar, Professor of 
Anatomy at the University from 1808 to 1818. 
General Wistar has purchased the entire triangu- 
lar plot (now occupied by the municipal fire and 
police station) for the extension of the museum 
buildings. 

The museum is open week-days from 9. A. M. 
to 5 P. M. 



THE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SYSTEM.— 

Founded 1874, consists of six buildings, all located 
in the two city squares bounded by 34th, 36th, 
Spruce and Pine Streets. In this building are 
six amphitheatres, and sixteen wards, with a 
total of 306 beds. The medical staff of the Hos- 
pital consists of more than 100 physicians and 
80 nurses. In the basement of the central build- 
ings are surgical and medical dispensaries and 
dispensaries for special diseases. 



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THE MAIN HOSPITAL BUILDING, constructed 
of serpentine (green) stone, dedicated June 4, 
1874; size 171x185 feet; cost, $552,000. Architect, 
the late Thomas Richards. The gift of the State 
and City and benevolent citizens, secured prin- 
cipally through the efforts of the late Provost 
William Pepper. 



GIBSON WING FOR CHRONIC DISEASES.— 

Erected in 1883, size 45x183 feet; material, red 
brick; cost, $85,000. Architects, Wilson Brothers. 
Named in honor of the late Henry C. Gibson, as 
a tribute to his numerous benefactions to the 
University. The pavilion is used chiefly for the 
treatment of heart and lung diseases. 



THE D. HAYES AGNEW MEMORIAL PA- 
VILION.— Erected in 1897; size 151x185 feet; ma- 
terial, red brick; cost, $75,000. Architects, Cope 
and Stewardson. The building was named in 
honor of the great American surgeon who had 
such a long and important career at the Univer- 
sity. The building contains four wards and three 
amphitheatres for clinical instruction. 



THE WILLIAM PEPPER LABORATORY OF 
CLINICAL MEDICINE.— Erected 1894; size 45x45 
feet; material, red brick; cost, $50,000. Archi- 
tects, Cope and Stewardson. Erected through the 
generosity of the late Provost William Pepper as 
a memorial to his father. The laboratory is en- 
tirely for graduate work for the purpose of pro- 
moting the interests of patients by providing 
facilities for the prosecution of minute studies 
and original researches. 

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THE MATERNITY PAVILION, located in rear 
of the Pepper Laboratory; erected in 1901; size 
107x80 feet; material, red brick. Architects, Cope 
and Stewardson. Can accommodate forty patients 
and has an amphitheatre seating 200. 

X-RAY BUILDING.— The plans for this labora- 
tory have been prepared and the building will 
be erected in the rear of the Agnew Pavilion. It 
will become one of the most important parts of 
the University Hospital System. This and other 
improvements will involve an expenditure of 
$60,000, $25,000 of which was appropriated by the 
Pennsylvania State Legislature towards this 
building. 



THE MORTUARY AND CHAPEL, small build- 
ings in the rear of the Main Pavilion, erected in 
1890, at a cost of $11,000. 



HOME FOR NURSES, located at 36th and 
Spruce Streets; erected in 1886. This building 
was erected in memory of Mrs. Richard D. Wood, 
by her children. The training school for nurses 
has at present 80 students. 



DEPARTMENT OF DENTISTRY.— Organized 

1878 — third University dental school in America; 
most cosmopolitan department of the University, 
the students representing 22 foreign countries and 
almost every State in the United States. There 
are 46 officers of instruction and 362 students. 



DENTAL HALL, located at 33d and Locust Sts., 
front facing new Mechanical Engineering Build- 
ing; erected in 1896; size of main building 50x180 
feet, with large wing 50x90 feet; material, red 

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brick and terra cotta; cost, $150,000. Architect, 
Edgar V. Seeler. Entire second floor of main 
building used as clinical operating room; size, 
180x50 feet — considered best equipped and best 
lighted dental laboratory room in existence. Free 
dispensary daily from 9 to 3 o'clock, except Sun- 
day. Saturdays from 9 to 1 o'clock. Points of 
interest: Amphitheatre at head of stair case seat- 
ing 550; dental museum and library. Prosthetic 
Library, Metallurgical Vulcanizing and Modeling 
Laboratories, special clinic rooms, etc.; first 
dental diploma awarded in America, handsome oil 
painting of Provost Harrison, by Thomas. 



THE VETERINARY DEPARTMENT, founded 
in 1884; formerly located at 36th and Pine Streets 
(now Hamilton Walk), on a plot donated by the 
City and now occupied by the new Medical Lab- 
oratory buildings. The Veterinary Department 
and Hospital moved into a temporary building at 
39th and Woodland Avenue in 1901. The former 
buildings, on the grounds of the Veterinary De- 
partment, had a street frontage of 600 feet. The 
present temporary quarters are entirely inade- 
quate and unsuited to the needs of the Veterinary 
Department and Hospital, and the scope of the 
work of the institution should not be judged by 
the poorly built structure that is its temporary 
home. 

The new building of the Department that it is 
proposed to erect will occupy the entire lot at 
39th Street, DeLancey Street and Woodland Ave- 
nue, whicn has been purchased for this purpose 
at a cost of over $40,000. The dimensions of this 
plot are 260 feet by 210. The building will be 
erected around all four sides of the square, leav- 
ing a court yard in the center. The style of archi- 
tecture will be similar to that of the University 
Dormitories. Plans have been prepared by Cope 
and Stewardson. 

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LAW DEPARTMENT.— First Professor of Law, 
Hon. James Wilson, elected 1790. Department 
founded in 1850 by Hon. George Sharswood. 
Teaching staff, 18; number of students in 1904, 
322. Alumni about 2,500 graduates and 3,000 
matriculates. 



THE LAW SCHOOL BUILDING, dedicated Feb- 
ruary 22, 1900; size 120x190 feet; material. Indiana 
limestone and dull red brick; cost $450,000; archi- 
tecture, classical English, time of William and 
Mary. Architects, Cope and Stewardson. Con- 
struction entirely fireproof. Points of interest: 
Beautiful hallways and grand staircase. Second 
floor, Sharswood and McKean Halls, richly orna- 
mented, are 40x114 feet and 30 feet high, each 
hall contains 254 individual desks; the former 
named for Chief Justice Sharswood, who organ- 
ized the school; and the latter for Chief Justice 
McKean of Pennsylvania; McMurtrie Hall, the 
graduate reading room; the Biddle Law Library, 
of 33,000 volumes, in fireproof stacks. Paintings 
and engravings of famous jurists and former 
members of the teaching staff, adorn the walls 
through the building. There are also numerous 
busts, bronze and marble memorial tablets, in 
various parts of the building. On the main floor 
are six class rooms, a moot court room, Wharton 
Hall, Price Hall (debating room) and the Museum 
of the Pennsylvania Bar Association. In the base- 
ment are the club rooms of the various student 
organizations of the Law School, the Musical or- 
ganizations of the University, and a restaurant. 
In the sub-cellar is one of the most modern light- 
ing, heating and ventilating plants. 

A large lot immediately in the rear of the Law 
School building is owned by the University and 
was purchased for the extension of the Law 
School building in the future. 

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DEPARTMENT OF ARCHAEOLOGY.— Founa^ 

ed 1889; organized by the late William Pepper. 
Museum divided into four departments, each un- 
der the management of a curator, viz.: General 
Ethnology and American Prehistoric Archaeology, 
Babylonic and General Semitic Section, Egyptian 
and Mediterrranean Section, Glyptic Section. 
Ground for buildings and gardens, almost 10 acres, 
donated by the city, 1894-1895. Location of tract 
— south of Spruce Street and east of 34th Street. 
The Philadelphia Commercial Museums, the 
largest of their kind in America, are located 
immediately in the rear of the University Mu- 
seums. 

MUSEUM BUILDINGS (northwestern section), 
begun in 1897 and dedicated December 20, 1899. 
Cost, including present equipment, $400,000. The 
joint architects, in charge of the plans for the 
completion of the Museums, are Messrs. Wilson 
Eyre, Jr., Cope and Stewardson, and Frank Miles 
Day & Brother. The completed plans provide 
for an extensive group of buildings to be con- 
structed by sections. The whole is to cover al- 
most twelve acres of ground and to cost about 
$2,250,000. The section now erected, the north- 
western, will form about one-seventh of the build- 
ing when completed. The plans provide for an 
enormous dome which will dominate the entire 
composition. From this dome broad galleries 
are to extend eastward and westward to two sec- 
ondary domes, with each of which are connected 
two groups of buildings, one facing north and 
the other facing south. The portion at present 
erected is a part of the western group, and con- 
sists of a series of buildings facing three sides of 
a courtyard in which there is a large pool con- 
taining aquatic plants. To the westward of the 
Museum, extending to 34th Street, are terraced 
grounds, in the centre of which is the statue, in 
bronze, of the late Dr. William Pepper, by Carl 
Bitter. 

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The architecture is the only specimen of its kind 
in America, being the form which prevailed in 
the north of Italy from the 12th to the 14th cen- 
tury. The material is rough brick of a somewhat 
unusual color, laid with wide mortar joints, the 
only exterior ornamentation being rough mosaic 
fragments of brick and marble. The roof, of 
Spanish tiles, adds greatly to the beauty of the 
structure. 

BABYLONIAN SECTION.— Second floor, west 
wing; principal points of interest: Nippur Library 
of 35,000 clay tablets — most important collection 
in America, and second only to the British Mu- 
seum collection; oldest piece of writing in exist- 
ence, recording events which happened 7000 years 
ago; door socket of Sargon; ancient Egyptian 
Sarcophagi; maps and pictures of the University 
excavations at Nippur; gold and silver jewelry, 
vases, etc., illustrative of ancient Semitic cus- 
toms. 

ETRUSCAN, EGYPTIAN AND MEDITER- 
RANEAN SECTION.— Central hall, east wing, 
second floor. Points of interest: 29 pieces of 
Graeco-Roman papyri, among which are the old- 
est known fragments of the Gospel of St. Matthew 
of the second century, and Thucydides of the first 
century; original ancient sculptures from Lake 
Nemi; Roman sculptures, Etruscan sarcophagi, 
etc. 

GLYPTIC SECTION.— Western wing, first 
floor. Principal points of interest: Famous Som- 
merville collection of gems, among which are 
such well-known cameos as "The Triumph of Con- 
stantine," ''Jupiter Aegiochous" and "Bacchus and 
Ariadne." In a room immediately adjoining this 
collection is a reproduction of a Buddhist Temple, 
also the gift of Prof. Maxwell Sommerville, con- 

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taining the most complete collection of shrines 
and objects of Buddhist worship in the country. 
The donator of these collections spent more than 
thirty-five years in foreign travel in acquiring 
them. 

AMERICAN AND GENERAL ETHNOLOGICAL 
SECTION. — Pepper Hall, central corridor and 
east wing; Hearst American Ethnological Collec- 
tions; Colorado Cliff Dwellers' exhibit, Ethnolog- 
ical exhibit of Mexico, Central and Southern Amer- 
ica; Borneo and Sumatra exhibit; Drexel Pan 
Collection; Frishmuth Collection of Musical In- 
struments; Coin Collection, etc. 

The Museum Library and Widener Lecture Hall 
occupy corresponding positions in the eastern 
and western wings of the Museum, respectively. 
In the basement are the work rooms, photograph 
quarters, unpacking rooms, restaurant, etc. 

THE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION was organ- 
ized in 1873, and incorporated in 1882. The "Old 
Field," located at 37th and Spruce Streets — now 
the site for the Dormitory extension, was used 
for all athletic contests from 1885 to 1895. 

FRANKLIN FIELD, dedicated April 20, 1895. 
Improvements consisting of stadium and grand- 
stand and gymnasium; cost, exclusive of grounds, 
$400,000. These improvements were made during 
1903-1904. The architects were Frank Miles Day 
& Brothers. The Field is 714 feet long and 443 
feet wide. The stands are built similar to a 
house, the slant representing the roof. Massive 
walls with solid buttresses form the backs, the 
low walls, the copings; while the roof, covered 
with felt, cement and slag, support the seats and 
foot boards. These stands cover the north, south 
and east sides of the field, while the gymnasium 
encloses the west side. Underneath the stands 

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are excellent indoor track and winter training 
quarters for athletes. The seating capacity of 
the stands is about 20,000. At each end of the 
gymnasium there is a memorial gateway dedicated 
to Penn's famous athletes; these form the main 
entrances to Franklin Field. The field contains 
a quarter-mile track, football gridiron, a baseball 
diamond, etc. On the "Old Athletic Field," at 
37th and Spruce Streets, there are six tennis 
courts. 



THE GYMNASIUM stands on the west end 
of Franklin Field, having a face upon both the 
latter and 33d Street. The approximate cost of 
improvements is $400,000, which was raised by 
the Athletic Association. The Gymnasium build- 
ing was erected 1903-4; is 275x80 feet, being made 
up of a central portion and two square towers 
rising above the other portions, and wing build- 
ings at the end. The architecture is English 
Colonial, and the material of dark red brick with 
black headers laid in Flemish bond, trimmed with 
terra cotta and in some parts with Indiana lime- 
stone of the same color. The construction is 
entirely fireproof, the floors and columns being 
of concrete. The architects were Frank Miles 
Day & Bros. One-half of the ground floor of the 
main building is taken up with a swimming pool 
which is 100 feet long and 30 feet wide, 9 feet 
deep at one end, 4 feet 6 inches at the other. 
There is a gallery for spectators. The other por- 
tion of the lower floor is divided into rooms for 
fencing, sparring, rowing, boxing, etc. 

The entire second floor is the gymnasium 
proper, which is about 150x75 feet, with a sky- 
light over almost the entire roof. The towers 
and wing buildings contain locker rooms for stu- 
dents, professors, home and visiting teams. There 
are about 1,600 lockers in all, with provision for 



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nearly double that number. There are ample 
shower bath rooms for those using the gymnasium 
as well as rooms for secretary, manager, physi- 
cal instructor, etc. There are two main en- 
trances on 33d Street, leading into large halls 
leading to the upper floors. There are also en- 
trances from the Field, and all parts of the 
building are connected with each other. 



UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA BOAT 
HOUSE. — Located in Fairmount Park on the 
Schuylkill River. The College Boat Club of the 
University of Pennsylvania was founded in 1872, 
and the present boat house built a few years 
later. The first University crew was organized 
in 1877. A fund is now being raised for the con- 
struction of a new and more modern boat house 
upon the west banks of the Schuylkill. 

The Schuylkill River, known as the "National 
Course," was selected by the representatives of 
various American Rowing Associations as the best 
course for holding the '^American Regatta" — 
which is destined to become a sporting event as 
important to Americans as the "Henley Regatta" 
is to the English. 

THE UNIVERSITY CHRISTIAN SETTLE- 
MENT, conducted by the Christian Association, 
has four buildings, located as follows: For young 
men, 2609 Lombard Street; for boys, 2601 Lom- 
bard Street; for women and girls, 403 South 
Taney Street; and a branch for young men and 
boys, at 2644 Catherine Street. 

Six students live in these buildings and about 
sixty students and professors each give one eve- 
ning a week to such work as gymnastics, educa- 
tional classes, printing, singing, basket and ham- 
mock-making, dramatics and religious meetings. 
A fund is now being raised for the purpose of 
erecting a suitable and more modern group of 



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buildings. These houses are open every evening 
from 7.30 until 9 o'clock. A summer Camp for 
the settlement is also conducted each year by 
the members of the Association. 



MASK AND WIG CLUB HOUSE.— The Mask 
and Wig Club, an amateur theatrical organization 
of students, was founded in 1889. It is undoubt- 
edly the most successful club of its kind in the 
country. It occupies a little club house at 310 
Quince Street, formerly a stable. Thousands of 
dollars have been expended in improvements, so 
that now it is considered one of the most unique 
club houses in this country. It is fitted up with 
a grill room, auditorium, stage, dressing room, 
etc. Ten or eleven performances, of an original 
production, are given each year during Easter 
week. 



ALUMNI HALL.— 3451 Woodland Ave. The 
building was formerly the home of the Medical 
Institute. The first floor has been set aside for 
advertisers in University publications to display 
their wares. On the second floor are the offices 
of the General Alumni Society and the business 
offices of the "Alumni Register," the official 
monthly publication of the society. 



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POINTS OF INTEREST AND MEMORIALS. 

Grave of Benjamin Franklin (Founder of the 
University), 4th and Arch Streets. 

"Memorial Tower'' — dormitories perpetuating 
the names of about 400 students and graduates 
of the University who fought in the Spanish- 
American War. Gen. Miles laid corner stone Feb- 
ruary 13, 1900. 

Statue of Provost William Pepper, in bronze, by 
Karl Bitter, presented to the University by the 
friends of the late Provost William Pepper. 

Statue of Charles Lennig, on Campus, rear of 
College Hall, presented by his son Nicholas. 

Memorial Trees along Hamilton Walk. 

Scion of "Treaty Elm" — Campus, in front of 
College Hall. 

Ivy Tablets — College Hall, Library, Houston 
Hall, and Dormitories. 

Oil portraits, paintings, memorial plates and 
tablets, sculpture busts, etc., in various buildings. 

Class of 1872 Memorial gate — entrance to 36th 
and Spruce Streets. 

Class of 1873 Memorial gate--38th Street en- 
trance to Hamilton Walk. 

Class of 1892 Memorial Fountain — east arcade, 
Dormitories. 

Class of 1893 Memorial Gate — entrance to Cam- 
pus from Spruce Street between Houston Hall 
and Medical Hall. 

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Class of 1894 Memorial Gate — 37th Street en- 
trance to Dormitories. 

Class of 1898 Memorial Clock — over West Ar- 
cade Dormitories. 

Class of 1899 Memorial Clock, Houston Hall. 

Class of 1900 Memorial Sun Dial — to be erected 
in centre of Dormitory Triangle. 

South Memorial Gate — Franklin Field. 

North Memorial Gate — Franklin Field. 

Corner Stone of Old Buildings, Library. 



ANNUAL FUNCTIONS. 

University Day Exercises (February 22d). 

Commencement Day. 

Bowl Fight. 

May (Dewey) Day Exercises, 

Sophomore Cremation. 

Alumni Day Exercises. 

Ivy Day (College). 

Class Day (College). 

Sophomore Dance. 

Junior Promenade. 

Ivy Ball. 

Houston Club Smokers (monthly). 

Numerous Society, Club and Class Dinners, 

Dances and Smokers. 
Re-union and Dinners of Alumni Societies, Classes 

and Societies, 



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UNIVERSITY ORGANIZATIONS. 

Board of Trustees. 

Board of Directors, Athletic Association. 
Pennsylvania Debating Teams. 
The University Band. 
The University Orchestra. 

Combined Musical Clubs (Glee, Banjo and Man- 
dolin). 
Houston Club. 
Camera Club. 
Chess and Checker Clubs. 
Deutscher Verein. 

Mask and Wig (Dramatic Society). 
Newman Club. : 

Christian Association. 

Cercle Francaise (French Literary Society). 
University Committee on Athletics. 
University Committee on Non-Athletics. 
Graduate Appointment Committee. 
Students' Employment Bureau, Houston Hall. 
Bureau of Publicity (Houston Hall). 
Students' Guide Association. 
Sectional and School Clubs (see list). 



GREEK LETTER FRATERNITIES. 

Alpha Chi Phi (medical). Medical Department. 

Alpha Chi Rho, 204 S. Thirty-sixth Street. 

Alpha Kappa Kappa, Odd Fellows' Temple, ninth 
floor. 

Alpha Mu Phi Omega (medical), Medical Depart- 
ment. 

Alpha Tau Omega, 3415 Walnut Street, 

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Beta Phi, Thirty-eighth and Locust Streets. 

Beta Theta Pi, 3529 Locust Street. 

Chi Psi Phi (dental), Dental Department. 

Delta Kappa Epsilon, 307 S. Thirty-ninth Street. 

Delta Phi, 3453 Woodland Avenue. 

Delta Psi, 32 S. 22d Street. 

Delta Sigma Delta (dental), Dental Department. 

Delta Tau Delta, 3533 Locust Street. 

Delta Upsilon, 3438 Walnut Street. 

Kappa Kappg. Gamma (women), 217 DeKalb 
Square. 

Kappa Sigma, 3745 Locust Street. 

Mu Phi Alpha (engineering). Engineering Depart- 
ment. 

Mu Sigma Mu (medical), Thirty-sixth and Locust 
Streets. 

Phi Alpha Sigma (medical). Medical Department. 

Phi Beta Kappa (honorary), College Hall, care of 
Dr. A. H. Quinn. 

Phi Delta Phi (Law), Law department. 

Phi Delta Theta, Thirty-fourth and Walnut Sts. 

Phi Gamma Delta, 3604 Walnut Street. 

Phi Kappa Psi, 113 S. Thirty-seventh Street. 

Phi Kappa Sigma, 3537 Locust Street. 

Phi Sigma Kappa, 3745 Spruce Street. 

Psi Omega (dental), 206 S. Thirty-sixth Street. 

Psi Upsilon, Thirty-sixth and Locust Street. 

Sigma Alpha Epsilon, 3705 Walnut Street. 

Sigma Alpha Tau, College Department. 

Sigma Chi, 603 S. Forty-third Street. 

Sigma Xi (honor). College Hall, care of Dr. 
Crawley. 

Theta Mu Epsilon, College Hall. 

Xi Phi^ Dormitories. 

Xi Psi Phi, 3332 Walnut Street. 

Zeta Psi, 3337 Walnut Street. 



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COLLEGE: 

Architectural Society. 
Philomathean Society. 
Zelosophic Society. 
Ewing Chemical Society. 
Civil Engineering Society. 
Mechanical Engineering Society. 
American Chemical Society. 
Priestley Club. 
Kelvin Physical Club. 
Graduate Botanical Club. 
Botanical Society of Pennsylvania. 
College Boat House Club. 
Zoological Society. 

MEDICAL DEPARTMENT: 

Stille Medical Society (1874). 

H. C. Wood Medical Society (1881). 

Pepper Medical Society (1886) = 

D. Hayes Aghew Surgical Society (1887). 

Ashhurst Surgical Society (1891). 

Guiteras Pathological Society (1892). 

Hirst Obstetrical Society (1894). 

Charles B. Penrose Gynaecological Society 

(1896). 
John B. Deaver Surgical Society (1897). 
Charles K. Mills Neurological Society (1900). 
James Tyson Medical Society. 
Post Graduate: 

University of Pennsylvania Medical So- 
ciety. 

LAW DEPARTMENT: 

Sharswood Club (1880). 

Hare Club (1890). 

Miller Law Club (1891). 

Kent Law Club (1896). 

Wilson Law Club (1900). 

Marshall Law Club (1901). 

Phi Delta Phi— Gibson Chapter (1897). 

Students' Legal Historical Society (1902). 

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DENTAL DEPARTMENT: 

Truman Dental Society. 

Darby Dental Society. ^ 

Kirk Dental Society. 

VETERINARY DEPARTMENT: 

Veterinary Medical Society. 

SECTIONAL CLUBS OF THE UNIVERSITY 
STUDENTS: 

Southern Club. 
Western Club. 
New England Club. 
California State Club. 
Georgia State Club. 
Maine State Club. 
Maryland State Club. 
Massachusetts State Club. 
Ohio State Club. 
Empire State Club. 
North Carolina State Club. 
Texas State Club. 
District of Columbia Club. 
West Virginia State Club. 
North Jersey Club. 
Virginia State Club. 
French Club. 
Canadian Club. 
Allegheny County Club. 
Berks County Club. 
Blair County Club. 
Carbon County Club. 
Delaware County Club. 
Erie County Club. 
Huntingdon County Club. 
Lancaster County Club. 
Lebanon County Club. 
Lecha Club. 

Montgomery County Club. 
Northumberland County Club. 
York County Club. 

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Beaver County Club. 
Bradford County Club. 
Bucks County Club. 
Center County Club. 
Susquehanna County Club. 
Tioga^ County Club. 
Washington County Club. 
Wyoming County Club. 

SCHOOL CLUBS OF THE UNIVERSITY 
STUDENTS: 

Central High School Club. 

Brown Preparatory Club. 

DeLancey Club. 

Penn Charter Club. 

Episcopal Academy Club. 

Friends' Central Club. 

Central Manual Training School Club. 

Germantown Academy Club. 

Haverford Grammar School Club. 

Blight School Club. 

ATHLETIC CLUBS: 

Football ('Varsity, Scrub, Freshmen and 

Class). 
Baseball ('Varsity, Freshmen and Class). 
Track ('Varsity, Freshmen and Class). 
Crew ('Varsity eight, 'Varsity four, Second, 

Dept. and Freshmen). 
Cricket. 
Tennis. 
Lacrosse. 
Gymnastics. 

Basketball ('Varsity and Freshmen). 
Wrestling and Boxing. 
Fencing. 
Gunning. 
Swimming. 
Water Polo. 
Cross Country. 
Golf. 
Hockey. 

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UNIVERSITY PUBLICATIONS. 
Daily: 

"Pennsylvanian." 

Weekly: 

''Old Penn" (official weekly review). 
"Chronicle" (official weekly schedule of 
events). 

Monthly: 

''Red and Blue" (literary). 

"Punch Bowl" (comic). 

"Zelosophic Magazine" (literary). 

"Alumni Register." 

"American Law Register." 

"University Medical Magazine." -- 

"University Medical Bulletin.'' 

"Penn Dental Journal" (bi-monthly). 

Quarterly, Periodically or Annually: 

"Annals of the American Academy" (affili- 
ated). 

Bulletin of Free Museum of Science and Art. 

Translations and Reprints from the Original 
Sources of European History. 

Americana Germanica (affiliated). 

Serial Publications of College Department. 

University General Catalogue. 

Fasciculi of various departments and courses. 

Annual Report of the Provost. 

Christian Association Annual Handbook. 

Class Records of various departments. 

UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA ALUMNI 
SOCIETIES. 

General Alumni Society. 
Central Committee of the Alumni. 
College Alumni Society. 
Law Alumni Society. 

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Medical Alumni Society. 

Philadelphia Alumni Society of the Medical De- 
partment. 

Dental Alumni Society. 

Veterinary Alumni Society. 

General Architectural Alumni Society. 

Alumni Association of the Southwest (California). 

Colorado Alumni Association. 

District of Columbia Alumni Society. 

Delaware Alumni Society. 

Chicago Alumni Society (Illinois). 

Iowa Alumni Association. 

Maryland Alumni Association. 

Minnesota Alumni Association. 

Kansas City Alumni Society (Missouri). 

St. Louis Alumni Association (Missouri). 

Atlantic City Club of U. of P. (N. J.). 

North Jersey Alumni Association (N. J.). 

Western New York Alumni Association. 

University of Pennsylvania Club of New York 
City. 

New England Alumni Society. 

Berks County Alumni Society. 

Dauphin County Alumni Society. 

Lancaster County Alumni Society. 

Lebanon County Alumni Society. 

North Central Alumni Association (Williams- 
port, Pa.). 

Lehigh and Northampton Alumni Society. 

Pittsburg Alumni Association. 

Scranton Club. 

Wilkesbarre Alumni Society. 

York County Alumni Association. 

Texas Alumni Association. 

Pacific Northwest Alumni Association. 

Wisconsin Alumni Association. 

Japanese Alumni Society (''Same Window"). 



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SUMMARIES. 

Department. Students. Officers. 

The College... 128 1258 

Department of Philosophy 52 201 

'* Law 18 322 

'* Medicine 122 472 

" Dentistry 46 362 

" Veterinary Medicine 22 82 

Emeritus Professors 3 

391 2697 
Duplicates 75 5 

Totals 316 2692 

The students represent 102 States and foreign 
countries, viz.: 

Alabama, Australia, Austria, Brazil, British 
West Indies, Bulgaria, California, Canada, Chile, 
Colorado, Connecticut, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dela- 
ware, District of Columbia, Ecuador, England, 
Florida, France, Georgia, Germany, Honduras, Il- 
linois, Indiana, Indian Territory, Iowa, Japan, 
Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, 
Massachusetts, Mexico, Michigan, Minnesota, Mis- 
souri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, 
New York, New Zealand, Nicaragua, North Caro- 
lina, Ohio, Oklahoma Territory, Oregon, Para- 
guay, Pennsylvania, Peru, Porto Rico, P. E. Isl- 
and, Rhode Island, Russia, South Carolina, South 
Dakota, Spain, Sweden, Syria, Tennessee, Texas, 
Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, 
Wisconsin. 



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